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08.06.2025Canada Rejects Trump as He Hits 100 Days

Trump's 100-day milestone dominated reporting, with most outlets noting historically low approval ratings and unprecedented legal challenges - 220 lawsuits filed against his administration. The narrative of executive overreach continued from previous days as NPR revealed Trump targeted over 100 perceived enemies using government powers.

Mark Carney's Liberal Party unexpectedly won the Canadian election, with coverage attributing the victory to anti-Trump sentiment following his "51st state" comments. Carney declared in his victory speech that "Trump is trying to break us."

A confrontation between Trump and Jeff Bezos emerged after Amazon considered displaying tariff costs to consumers - which the White House called "a hostile and political act." Trump personally called Bezos, who then backed down.

By evening, Trump modified his tariff policy, signing orders granting relief to automakers as reports warned of potential toy shortages by Christmas due to supply chain disruptions. HEBREWSUMMARY: ציון 100 הימים של טראמפ שלט בדיווחים, כאשר רוב המקורות מציינים דירוגי תמיכה נמוכים היסטורית ואתגרים משפטיים חסרי תקדים - 220 תביעות הוגשו נגד ממשלו. נרטיב החריגה מסמכות המנהלית נמשך מהימים הקודמים כאשר NPR חשף שטראמפ פעל נגד למעלה מ-100 אויבים שלדעתו תוך שימוש בכוחות ממשלתיים.

מפלגתו הליברלית של מארק קרני ניצחה באופן לא צפוי בבחירות בקנדה, כאשר הסיקור מייחס את הניצחון לסנטימנט אנטי-טראמפ בעקבות הערותיו על "המדינה ה-51". קרני הצהיר בנאום הניצחון שלו כי "טראמפ מנסה לשבור אותנו".

עימות בין טראמפ לג'ף בזוס התפתח לאחר שאמזון שקלה להציג עלויות מכס לצרכנים - מה שהבית הלבן כינה "מעשה עוין ופוליטי". טראמפ התקשר אישית לבזוס, שאז נסוג מהרעיון.

עד הערב, טראמפ שינה את מדיניות המכסים שלו, וחתם על צווים המעניקים הקלות ליצרני רכב בזמן שדיווחים הזהירו מפני מחסור אפשרי בצעצועים בחג המולד עקב שיבושים בשרשרת האספקה. LOCALSUMMARY: Trump's 100-day milestone dominated reporting, with most outlets noting historically low approval ratings and unprecedented legal challenges - 220 lawsuits filed against his administration. The narrative of executive overreach continued from previous days as NPR revealed Trump targeted over 100 perceived enemies using government powers.

Mark Carney's Liberal Party unexpectedly won the Canadian election, with coverage attributing the victory to anti-Trump sentiment following his "51st state" comments. Carney declared in his victory speech that "Trump is trying to break us."

A confrontation between Trump and Jeff Bezos emerged after Amazon considered displaying tariff costs to consumers - which the White House called "a hostile and political act." Trump personally called Bezos, who then backed down.

By evening, Trump modified his tariff policy, signing orders granting relief to automakers as reports warned of potential toy shortages by Christmas due to supply chain disruptions.
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